Page 8 - Stuart Exposure - October '21

Page 8, Stuart Exposure

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Annual Meeting, Like all nonprofits,

New Board Members For Helping People Succeed’s
fundraising capabilities
Helping People Succeed were severely impacted by
COVID-19.
By Jackie Holfelder The cancellations of the
The annual meeting of Helping People Succeed recently White Shirt Night event in
took place at the nonprofit’s headquarters in Jensen Beach. both 2020 and 2021, as well
Suzy Hutcheson, chief executive officer and Glenna as the signature fundraiser,
Parris, gift planning officer, discussed the challenges and Pinot and Picasso in
accomplishments of the past year, as well as outlining the 2020, were challenging to
organization’s plans for the future. navigate.
Thanks to the generosity of the community and the board However, Pinot and Heidi Bosley Lee Borellis John Cresswell
– which participated at a 100 percent giving level – Helping
People Succeed will be transitioning from its capital campaign
to actual capital renovations.
An important piece of business was the nominating and
naming of new officers and members to both the Helping
People Succeed Board of Directors and the Helping People
Succeed Foundation’s Board of Directors.
For the former, new members Heidi Bosley, Rosie Portera,
Lorenzo Williams and Sherry Plymale will join officers
Barbara Essenwine, chair; Michael Borlaug, vice-chair; Cher
Fisher, secretary; Jenny Yingling, treasurer; and members
Allen Herskowitz, Bonney Johnson and Shaun Kogut.
The Foundation Board will welcome the addition of Stacy
Ranieri, John Creswell and Lee Borellis to the current team Sherry Plymale Rosie Portera Stacy Ranieri Lorenzo Williams
of Bonney Johnson, chair; Mary Rose Bressman, vice-chair;
Dale Forbes, secretary; Claire Nash, treasurer; and Beth Prinz. Picasso is back bigger and better than ever in 2021 – on hope and building futures through education, counseling,
Both Barbara Essenwine and Bonney Johnson recognized Nov. 20 – and everyone at Helping People Succeed is training and employment.
outgoing board member Phyllis Gillespie and they, themselves, gearing up for a major success. To learn more, visit www.hpsfl.org.
were recognized for their past year of service as board chairs For more than 57 years, Helping People Succeed has
continuing on into a second year of board service. been transforming lives by realizing potential, creating Photos by Helping People Succeed
Treasure Coast Outdoors

By Jim Weix including the Indian Street Bridge itself. Jim is included in the Wisconsin Waterfowl Association’s
Snook season opened The snook limit is one per person and is open until Hall of Fame, for his work in helping restore thousands
Sept. 1, so I launched my Dec. 1. They must be between 28 and 32 inches to keep. of acres of wetlands. Jim is a broker associate with The
kayak at the Palm City boat Editor’s note: Jim Weix is an avid hunter, angler, Keyes Company. He can be reached at (772) 341-2941 or
ramp and headed south. conservationist, as well as an outdoor writer. by email: jimweix@jimweix.com.
Despite some concerns
about water quality, I have
always enjoyed poking
around the mangrove October 2021
islands. PALM BEACH AREAS
My favorite lure is a THE TREASURE COAST
silver Rapala Original
seven-inch floater. It always produces fish and I love
watching the snook hit it as I work it along the surface.
I caught four small snook tight to the mangroves. I
then worked my way along the east side of the mangroves
where there is a sandy shoal. This gave me a chance to get
out of the kayak and stretch my legs out, while casting
into deeper water. This didn’t produce any snook, but I
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noticed dozens of small drum working the sandbar. Since TREAT
I lacked anything that might catch one, I simply watched
them. Yourself
I then paddled farther south, where I knew a sunken
structure was. I tried several casts. As I was just about to to Love.
lift the lure out of the water, a bigger snook hit the bait
right at the kayak, and the fight was on. Call Now For
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